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18th Street Arts Center

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018-2019, 18th Street Arts Center is one of the top 20 artist residency programs in the US, and the largest in Southern California. Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community, 18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public. We strive to provide artists the space and time to take risks, to foster the ideal environment for artists and the public to directly engage, and to create experiences and partnerships that foster positive social change.

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Instigating Histories: The Work of Mapa Teatro
Mapa Teatro, a collective based in Bogota, Colombia, uses theater, performance, and installation to create complex visual narratives that ask open-ended questions about the drug war, violence and other global issues. The group recently completed a one...
[Click to enlarge] Candice Lin, "Sycorax's Collections (Happiness)," 2012, etching with watercolor and dried plants, 11.5 x 13 in.
Candice Lin's Garden of Earthly Delights
Candice Lin's exhibition, "Sycorax's Garden" explores the intersection between science and mysticism in the evolution of organic chemistry, considering how botanical treatments were historically associated with female social roles of healer, herbalist,...
Shifting Time in the Art of Chih-Chien Chen
Taiwanese artist Chih-Chien Chen created a series of conceptual artworks in video, drawing, and sculpture for his debut exhibition in Los Angeles. In this show, Chen attempts to recreate the life cycles of plants.
Slanguage Studio, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, 2015, Artist Lab Residency, 18th Street Arts Center. | Photo: Slanguage Studio
Slanguage Speaks Slanguage
With videos, workshops, and dollar store cosplay outfits, art collective Slanguage creates a sci-fi, yet rasquache world in "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost."
&quot;Rainbow Action,&quot; <em>Beber y leer el arco iris</em>. 2012, performance, Casa América, Madrid. | Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa's Color and Tone Metaphors
Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa returns to his early exposure to experimental theatre in 1970s Guatemala.
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Talking Back at Architecture: The Work of Zinny and Maidagan
Artists Dolores Zinny and Juan Maidagan challenging traditional notions of exhibition space through their site-specific large-scale installations.
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Marquis Hill: Rhythms of Black Poetry
Trumpeter-composer Marquis Hill's new body of work takes inspiration from the connection he has with African American poetry.
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Amir H. Fallah: Expressions of Identity
Amir H. Fallah's "Perfect Strangers" explores the nature of self and the role of objects in expressions of identity.
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Miguel Palma: Bridging Communication
Portuguese artist Miguel Palma's exhibition "Synapse," featuring five handmade bridges, explores the concepts of infrastructure and connection in Los Angeles.
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Sille Storihle: From Stonewall to Hollywood
Sille Storihle explores the history of California's LGBT communities through two films that connect historical issues to contemporary discourse.
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Yujun Ye: L.A. Dreaming
Taiwanese artist Yujun Ye explores the multi-faceted dream that L.A. represents to its citizens and to the wider world in her exhibition "El Sueño de Los Angeles."
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Javier Tapia and Camilo Ontiveros: Travelling Dust
"Travelling Dust," a multidisciplinary project from artists Javier Tapia and Camilo Ontiveros, seeks to explore the shared culture between the U.S. and Latin America.
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